Well attestedNamed through a historical place-name
Khorasan wheat
noun · first attested 20th century
The seed was sold as King Tut's wheat; it is named for a region in Iran.
An ancient large-grained wheat, Triticum turgidum subspecies turanicum, sold under the brand Kamut.
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- Relationship
- Named through a historical place-name
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Khorasan
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Khorasan wheat
Khorasan was the historic territory spanning northeastern Iran and neighboring Central Asia, and the crop's name points there rather than to Egypt. The tale that the modern grain grew from seeds taken out of a pharaoh's tomb is folklore attached to the 1990 Kamut trademark.
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